Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 21st May 2019
Lot 16
ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983) THE GRAND VIEW OF CHAO MOUNTAIN A Chinese scroll painting
Estimate £100,000 - £150,000 | Hammer £2300000
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Description
ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
THE GRAND VIEW OF CHAO MOUNTAIN
A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on paper, title-slip reads Chao Shan Daqian ju shi hua, Ke Duan ti, inscribed, dated February of the yi si year (1965), signed Zhang Daqian Yuan with two artist's seals, 191cm x 101cm.
Provenance: from an English private collection, given by the artist to the owner's father over afternoon tea, between c.1960 to 1980.
The title-slip is signed by Zeng Ke Duan (1900-1976), who was a famous calligrapher and professor at the University of Hong Kong. Zeng was Zhang Daqian's closest friend and partner, Daqian asked Zeng to inscribe most of his important oeuvre.